‘ED Show’ guest list: Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013 (5p ET)

Republicans shut down our government for the first time in 17 years in a radical attempt to crush Obamacare, which went into effect today.

Tonight on The Ed Show at 5pET (4pCT/3pMT/2pPT), live from New York on MSNBC, Ed Schultz looks at the forces that give these wacko politicians cover to circumvent democracy.

And of course, Ed will answer your questions.

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Here’s tonight’s guest list:

• Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD)

• Rep. John Larson (D-CT)

•  Cecile Richards, President of Planned Parenthood

• Wendell Potter, a News Analyst with the Center for Public Integrity, a Contributing Writer for the Huffington Post, and the Author of Deadly Spin.

• Dr. Rani Whitfield, Medical Director of the National Association of Free Clinics in New Orleans, Family Practice and Sports Medicine Physician

• Dr. Corey Hebert, Professor, LSU Health Sciences Center

• Aqualyn Laury, stroke survivor who credits Obamacare as a “a lifesaver for me”

• Stacie Ritter, insurance abuse survivor

It’s going to be yet another blockbuster edition of @edshow today at 5pET on @msnbc!! Join the conversation now or during the show by commenting on Facebook and/or tweeting (with the #edshow hashtag) so we can share your thoughts on the show. The @TweetTron9 is powering up the circuits to put yer tweets on the teevee!!